You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
19 points

Beans are cheaper dry than canned though. If you have the patience you can start them in a slow cooker before you go to work.

Garlic, onion, and peppers go miles in making beans taste good while also being cheaper.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

I’m wondering now though whether the cost balances out because dry beans require a lot more energy to cook? I know they need at least an hour on the stove, whereas canned beans you can just add to a chilli etc straight away

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

Most likely, dry ones would still turn out cheaper because they weigh much more after hydration. But this is indeed a matter to consider

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

This can also be mitigated a lot by cooking the beans in the morning mor a short time, packing the pan into a lot of blankets and then cooking it shortly in the evening.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

Pressure cooker is the way for dry foods. Mine will do split peas lentils and mung bean stew in 12 mins.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

If you are poor, a pressure cooker is out of reach if you don’t already have one.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

I think time to cook food has become a luxry in the eyes of the so-called “invisible hand”. It’d be rad to find someone in the community with the time to cook huge pots of the stuff and pay them for the rice 'n beans.

Cereal is expensive, people arent buying it because its cheap, theyre buying it because the invisible hand demands their cooking time.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Oh yeah and don’t go calling it a restraunt, cause thats fucking expensive too.

permalink
report
parent
reply